So I made this the other day for our Fantasy Football Draft party. Originators of the idea
Bacon Explosion: The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes I'll steal a couple of their pics for the first few steps as I took video by accident.
Step one: Take a pound of bacon and put it into a weave 5x5, 6x6 whatever, get your weave tight.
Step two: 2 pounds of Italian Sausage and add mesquite and other various grill rubs / spices to the mix.
Step three: Put on top of the bacon weave and add bbq sauce.
Step four: Cook a pound of bacon to your liking. I prefer mine crispy. Then break/cut it into small pieces.
Step five: Put the small cooked pieces on top of the italian sausage.
Step six: Roll the italian sausage on top of the weave, without rolling the bacon onto it yet
Step seven: Roll into a football shape. The tighter the bacon weave, the better. This one was a little loose, LIKE YOUR MOM ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh snap!
Step eight: Cook. Best option, use a smoker and smoke on low heat for an hour per inch in diameter. A smoker was unavailable, so we just baked it at 225 for about 3.5 hours. You can supplement with more bbq sauce if you desire.
Step nine: EAT that deliciousness.